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The Community Training Resource Center (CTRC) is a city-wide not-
for-profit organization that champions the rights of modest and
low-income tenants and promotes the preservation, improvement,
and expansion of affordable housing. CTRC provides training and
technical assistance for neighborhood housing groups, community
based organizations, legislative staffs and social service
providers.
CTRC produces fact sheets on tenants' rights, develops and
publishes research reports, and provides a written guide to New
York City government processes. CTRC advocates on budget policies
that affect housing and related services in low-income
neighborhoods. CTRC has led the campaign for the improvement and
expansion of the city's Housing Maintenance Code inspection and
enforcement services.
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CTRC Fact Sheet #400
TENANT RESEARCH AND RESOURCES
NOTE: As the width of this chart is formatted for 80 columns, it
has been broken into two parts. Part A lists resources in the
boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens. Part B lists
resources in the boroughs of Bronx and Staten Island. The chart
is best displayed in a monospace font such as courier.
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PART A (Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens)
Type of Records Manhattan Brooklyn Queens
Assessed Valuation Municipal Bldg Municipal Bldg 90-25 Sutphin Blvd
(NYC Dept 1 Centre St.#910 210 Joralemon St. 3rd Floor
of Finance) NY 10007 Brooklyn 11201 Jamaica 11435
(212)669-4896 (718)802-3550 (718)658-4626
Tax Records 150 Nassau St. As above 90-15 Sutphin Blvd
(NYC Dept 5th Floor Room I 1st Floor
of Finance/ (718)935-6000 (718)935-6000 (718)935-6000
City Collector)
Bldg Ownership 39 Broadway As above 126-06 Queens Blvd
& Code Violations 9th Floor Room 809 Room 205
(NYC HPD, Div. of NY 10006 (718)802-3520 Kew Gardens 11415
Code Enforcement (212)487-4545 (718)520-3424
Register. Section)
Building Plans 60 Hudson St. As above As above
(CofO's, NYC 5th Floor Room 815 Rooms 101 & 301
Dept of Buildings) NY 10013 (718)802-3675 (718)520-3423
(212)312-8990
Mortgages & Deeds, 31 Chambers St. As above 90-27 Sutphin Blvd
Federal Tax Liens, Rms 202 2nd Floor 2nd Floor
Uniform Comm. Code NY 10007 (718)802-3590 Jamaica 11435
(NYC Dept of (212)788-8527 (718)658-4600
Finance, City
Register)
City-Owned 2 Lafayette St. (In Manhattan) (In Manhattan)
Real Property Room 2000
(Div. of Real NY 10007
Property) (212)442-0540
Fire Code Viol. (In Brooklyn) 250 Livingslon St. (In Brooklyn)
(NYC Bureau of 4th Floor, Rm 433
Fire Prevention) Brooklyn 11201
(718)694-2540
Health Code Viol. Bur. of Invest. (In Manhattan) (In Manhattan)
(NYC Dept of 65 Worth St.
Health) 2nd Floor
NY 10013
(212)334 7703
Landlord/Tenant 111 Centre St. 141 Livingston St. 120-55 Queens Blvd
(Housing Court) Room 118 Room 203 Room G-ll
NY 10013 Brooklyn 11201 Kew Gardens 11424
(212)374-8416 (718)643-7528,9 (718)520-3436
Small Claims Court As above As above As above
Room 323 Room 201 Room G-20
(212)791-6000 (212)791-6000 (212)791-6000
State Supreme Court 60 Centre St. 360 Adams St. 88-11 Sulphill Blvd
(County Clerks Rms 109,117,141 Room 190 Room 106
Offices) NY 10007 Brooklyn 11201 Jamaica 11435
(212)374-8742 (718)643-7037 (718)520-3136
Claims, Liens As above As above As above
Against Real
Property
Borough Rent (South of 110th) 55 Hansen Place Gertz Plaza
Offices (NYS Div. 156 William St. 7th Floor 92-31 Union Hall St.
of Housing and 9th Floor Brooklyn 11217 Jamaica 11433
Community NY 10038 (718)722-4780 (718)739-6400
Renewal) (212)240-6000
(North of 110th)
163 West 125th St.
5th Floor
NY 10027
(212)961-8930
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PART B (Bronx and Staten Island)
Type of Records Bronx Staten Island
Assessed Valuation 1932 Arthur Ave. 350 St.Mark's Place
(NYC Dept of Finance) Room 701 Room 203
Bronx 10457 S.I. 10301
(718)579-6950 (718)390-5295
Tax Records As above As above
(NYC Dept of Finance/ Room 102 Room 200
City Collector) (718)935-6000 (718)935-6000
Bldg Ownership & Code As above Borough Hall
Violations (NYC HPD, Room 301 2 Richmond Terrace,
Div. of Code Enforcement (718)579-6772 Rm 224
Register. Section) S.I. 10301
(718)816-2340
Building Plans (CofO's) As above As above
(NYC Dept of 5th Floor & Rooms 200, 214 & 215
Buildings) Room 500 (718)816-2310
(718)579-6923
Mortgages & Deeds, As above 18 Richmond Terrace
Federal Tax Liens, 3rd Floor Room 103
Uniform Comm. Code (718)579-6820 S.I. 10301
(NYC Dept of Finance, (718)390-5386
City Register)
City-Owned Real Property (In Manhattan) (In Manhattan)
(Div. of Real Property)
Fire Code Violations (In Brooklyn) (In Brooklyn)
(NYC Bureau of Fire
Prevention)
Health Code Violations (In Manhattan) (In Manhattan)
(NYC Dept of Health)
Landlord.Tenant Court 851 Grand Concourse 927 Castleton Ave.
(Housing Court) Ground Floor Basement
Bronx 10451 S.I. 10310
(718)590-3570-3 (718)390-5420
Small Claims Court 850 Walton Ave. As above
Room 111 (212)791-6000
Bronx 10451
(718)791-6000
State Supreme Court 851 Grand Concourse 18 Richmond Terrace
(County Clerks Offices) Room 118 Rooms 100 & 103
Bronx 10451 S.I. 10301
(718)590-3646 (718)390-5396
Claims, Liens Against As above As above
Real Property (718)590-3640
Borough Rent Offices 1 Fordham Plaza 350 St. Mark's Place
(NYS Div. of Housing Bronx 10458 Room 105
and Community (718)563-5700 S.I. 10301
Renewal) (This is also the (718)816-0277
DHCR Exec. Offices
and Litigation Unit
where legal papers are
served.)
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Except for Gertz Plaza, the above DHCR Borough Rent Offices do
not proccss complaints. They only distribute complaint forms and
counsel tenants and landlords. Current service, rent and lease
complaints, and petitions for administrative review by tenants,
and applications by landlords of regulated apartments are
processed at:
NYS Division of Housing and Community Renewal
Gertz Plaza, 92-31 Union Hall Street -- 4th Floor
Jamaica, New York 11433
Switchboard -- (718)262-4000
Hotline/Public Information -- (718)739-6400
The DHCR Enforcement Unit that processes harassment cases and
holds hearings is at the William Street address in lower
Manhattan.
The NYC Division of Code Enforcement maintains a city-wide office
to receive phone complaints of violations of the housing codes.
This is the widely advertised number for heat and hot water
complaints during the winter months. However. any violation can
be reported to it. The number is (212)824-4328
NYC also administers the Senior Citizen Rent Increase Exemption
(SCRIE) program that provides eligible seniors relief from future
rent increases. The SCRIE Unit is located at 150 William Street
4th Fl., NY, NY 10038. The number is (212)240-7000
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